A 'Crizzled' Decanter Jug

George Ravenscroft (1632/18 - 1683/81)

Broadfield House Glass Museum

1675 - 1685

Jug with oviform body, 'nipt diamond waies' and unusually decorated with seven vertical pincered and winged ribs, the spirally ribbed neck and lip spout with trailed collar and plain loop handle, mounted with a later gilt-metal foot.

• Medium: glass/gilt foot
• Dimensions: 20 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £300 ( Total: £1,200)
• ArtFunded in: 1980
• Vendor: A Waugh

Provenance

Mrs Richards; Sotheby's 1947; Sir Hugh Dawson; Sotheby's 1960; Donald Beves; Sotheby's 1964; Dr and Mrs Peter H Plesch; Sotheby's 1971; Mr Anthony Waugh; Sotheby's, 1980.

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